Q7. Entrepreneurship: Try Out
You’ve learned what it means to be an entrepreneur and checked out all kinds of cool businesses people start. Now it’s your turn to be the boss!
On this Quest page, you’ll jump into a digital simulation where you run your own business — from picking your idea to making big decisions to grow your company. Can you keep your customers happy and make money?
Start by playing a quick video below that shows you how the simulation works.
Then… it’s game time! Let’s see what kind of business brainpower you’ve got!
Start It Up: A Small Business Simulator
Direct link (1:18 min.)
Your Game Time!
Step 1. Be prepared for the game challenges by reading through the questions below. You are not answering them at this time just thinking about what you will encounter while in the simulator.
- What type of business did you create?
- What are two choices you made during the venture that were successful?
- What are two risks you made that did not turn out to be successful?
Step 2. Make smart choices, take risks, and have fun building your business! Read all of the directions and text throughout the simulation to help guide you to your correct choices. Select the linked site and begin your building.
Start it up Simulation Game
Step 3. Once you have completed the simulation, take a screenshot verifying that your "Company Succeeded" as shown in the image below.
Step 4. Go to the Try Out page of your Career Prep portfolio, answer the questions and add your screenshot. Here is an example of the page of the Career Prep Portfolio in the Google Site template. If you are using the OneNote template it may look slightly different.
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
1. Empowered Learner
a. Articulate and set personal learning goals, developing strategies leveraging technology to achieve them, and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes
b. Build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies
2. Digital Citizen
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world
3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions
6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences
Websites and Documents
Websites
- None
Videos from Outside Sources
21t4s Documents & Quizzes
- Vocabulary Quizlet